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We found six communities that are also named Ragland.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Ragland.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In West Virginia ...
Logan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ragland [Logan County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Saint Clair County
This Ragland is located in Saint Clair County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ragland that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Ragland.
Georgia
Troup County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ragland [Troup County].
Kentucky
McCracken County
This Ragland is located in McCracken County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the west of the Ragland that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Ragland.
Mississippi
Forrest County
This Ragland is located in Forrest County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ragland that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Ragland.
New Mexico
Quay County
This Ragland is located in Quay County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<2> to the west of the Ragland that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Ragland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ragland ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ragland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ragland and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Ragland to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 287 miles [461.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ragland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ragland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ragland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ragland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7026, Longitude: -82.1274 In this case, the coordinates for Ragland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.971 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.771 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.279 degrees.